Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' - growth/habit
Hi
I am interested in planting a Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' in a corner of the garden as I have read that they are very tough and can withstand difficult situations and conditions. I've been looking online but the trouble is different online web shops give very different height guidelines for this plant. Crocus say 5m while Duchy of Cornwall say 2m! Why is there such a huge variation and which height is most accurate? Are they using different timescales for ultimate height achievable perhaps? I understand that the plant's height might vary with conditions, but surely not as much as 3 meters? The place I am thinking of is quite a sheltered corner (but on the other side of the fence are some pollarded sycamores which might cause a delicate plant to fail) which gets some, but not a lot of, sun and I am hoping it will grow to 10ft+ to provide some privacy screening from next door and maybe brighten up the corner a bit. Lynda |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
"Lynda Thornton" wrote in message ... Hi I am interested in planting a Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' in a corner of the garden as I have read that they are very tough and can withstand difficult situations and conditions. I've been looking online but the trouble is different online web shops give very different height guidelines for this plant. Crocus say 5m while Duchy of Cornwall say 2m! Why is there such a huge variation and which height is most accurate? Are they using different timescales for ultimate height achievable perhaps? I understand that the plant's height might vary with conditions, but surely not as much as 3 meters? The place I am thinking of is quite a sheltered corner (but on the other side of the fence are some pollarded sycamores which might cause a delicate plant to fail) which gets some, but not a lot of, sun and I am hoping it will grow to 10ft+ to provide some privacy screening from next door and maybe brighten up the corner a bit. Lynda They can be slow to start but are eventually very vigorous, 5M is possible but being a hedging plant they can be kept smaller, -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Lynda Thornton wrote in message ... Hi I am interested in planting a Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' in a corner of the garden as I have read that they are very tough and can withstand difficult situations and conditions. I've been looking online but the trouble is different online web shops give very different height guidelines for this plant. Crocus say 5m while Duchy of Cornwall say 2m! Why is there such a huge variation and which height is most accurate? Are they using different timescales for ultimate height achievable perhaps? I understand that the plant's height might vary with conditions, but surely not as much as 3 meters? The place I am thinking of is quite a sheltered corner (but on the other side of the fence are some pollarded sycamores which might cause a delicate plant to fail) which gets some, but not a lot of, sun and I am hoping it will grow to 10ft+ to provide some privacy screening from next door and maybe brighten up the corner a bit. Lynda Hi Lynda, I once had a hedge of E.p. 'Maculata'. It was magnificent. Once established it is very vigorous and, although I had read ultimate height as 3m, I can readily believe it will make more. Shop carefully for a good yellow variegation, it will look stunning and really cheerful in winter. Watch out for growth that reverts to the plain green form and remove it at source, otherwise the even more vigorous green form will take over. I wonder how big your 'corner' is? Because the Eleagnus will make 3m through as well as high, it would be better to plant it well out from the corner - not just to accommodate its growth. but to get it established away from those Sycamores. The only other problem I forsee is Sooty Mould. This develops on the honeydew secretions from ahpids and scale bugs, which our local (overhanging my garden :-{{ !) Sycamores have plagues of. Because Eleagnus is evergreen it will not shed its leaves en masse; therefore you could end up with a really filthy-looking shrub. This is probably another argument for planting it away from the Sycamore-infested corner. Spider |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
In article , Spider
writes Lynda Thornton wrote in message ... Hi I am interested in planting a Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' in a corner of the garden as I have read that they are very tough and can withstand difficult situations and conditions. I've been looking online but the trouble is different online web shops give very different height guidelines for this plant. Crocus say 5m while Duchy of Cornwall say 2m! Why is there such a huge variation and which height is most accurate? Are they using different timescales for ultimate height achievable perhaps? I understand that the plant's height might vary with conditions, but surely not as much as 3 meters? The place I am thinking of is quite a sheltered corner (but on the other side of the fence are some pollarded sycamores which might cause a delicate plant to fail) which gets some, but not a lot of, sun and I am hoping it will grow to 10ft+ to provide some privacy screening from next door and maybe brighten up the corner a bit. Lynda Hi Lynda, I once had a hedge of E.p. 'Maculata'. It was magnificent. Once established it is very vigorous and, although I had read ultimate height as 3m, I can readily believe it will make more. Shop carefully for a good yellow variegation, it will look stunning and really cheerful in winter. Watch out for growth that reverts to the plain green form and remove it at source, otherwise the even more vigorous green form will take over. I wonder how big your 'corner' is? Because the Eleagnus will make 3m through as well as high, it would be better to plant it well out from the corner - not just to accommodate its growth. but to get it established away from those Sycamores. The only other problem I forsee is Sooty Mould. This develops on the honeydew secretions from ahpids and scale bugs, which our local (overhanging my garden :-{{ !) Sycamores have plagues of. Because Eleagnus is evergreen it will not shed its leaves en masse; therefore you could end up with a really filthy-looking shrub. This is probably another argument for planting it away from the Sycamore-infested corner. Spider Hi Spider Thanks for the useful advice and suggestions! The corner is actually quite a large space and the plant is going into what was some kind of square raised bed (approx 4ft square) so we will make sure that there will be plenty of soil above the ground level for it to root into before it gets down to the level of the sycamore roots fingers crossed! We tried last year to grow a Pembury blue conifer in a different place by the fence but it never even made root growth and simply failed to grow during the summer - when we pulled it up there was no resistance so that's why I wanted something tough to see how it withstood the situation. I will be planting it as far from the boundary as possible, but within the confines of the stone walls which make the edges of the raised bed. As the neighbours have just severly pollarded the sycamores I thought this was an ideal opportunity to get the elaeagnus in, for it to get established without the trees looming over it for one season at least! It also has a mature holly hedge and nearby leylandii hedge to contend with, so it will have to be a tough cookie to survive there and I couldn't find anything that sounded much tougher apart from laurel which we are also going to try further down the fence. We'll see which does better! I don't mind how vigorous it is, the more the better in the face of the competition - we will just cut it back a bit if it encroaches too much but as long as it establishes first ... Thanks again to all for helpful replies! Lynda |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Bought one of these beauties a couple of years ago, and the label says 1.5 m by 1.5 m (5 foot by 5 foot in real money) which is surprising, as I've seen huge specimens around
The first winter I almost took it back to the nursery, as it shed its leaves, then in the spring the baby leaves appeared, a burnt brown colour. Yikes! definitely dying I thought. In fact this was healthy new growth, and the whole plant took off that second summer, once I'd given it some basic liquid feed. Mine covers an area of tat hedge with its lovely cream & green leaves, all year round, grows slowly, and is so well behaved. Recommmend 'em highly. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' - growth/habit
The message
from Blossom contains these words: Bought one of these beauties a couple of years ago, and the label says 1.5 m by 1.5 m (5 foot by 5 foot in real money) which is surprising, as I've seen huge specimens around The first winter I almost took it back to the nursery, as it shed its leaves, then in the spring the baby leaves appeared, a burnt brown colour. Yikes! definitely dying I thought. In fact this was healthy new growth, and the whole plant took off that second summer, once I'd given it some basic liquid feed. Mine covers an area of tat hedge with its lovely cream & green leaves, all year round, grows slowly, and is so well behaved. Recommmend 'em highly. I would echo the fact that they are very slow-growing at least at first. I have had one for six or seven years and it is still only just about 2 metres tall. A lot of that growth has occurred in the last year. Janet G |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Brown leaf edges and curling on Elaeagnus pungens | United Kingdom | |||
CL Cecile Brunner Growth habit? | Roses | |||
Growth habit of Don Juan, color combos, etc. was Long Grizzle | Roses | |||
Growth habit of Clematis armandii | United Kingdom | |||
Growth habit of Clematis armandii (was Russian Vine (Polygonum baldschuanicum)) | United Kingdom |